1 minute read
Kentucky Senate bill to ban TikTok will not affect UK Wi-Fi
By Alexis Baker news@kykernel.com
TikTok has officially been banned on a mass amount of networks since the passing of Senate Bill 20 on Friday, Feb. 10. This will not apply to devices connected to University of Kentucky Wi-Fi.
Advertisement
The university’s wifi is owned and operated by the UK Information Technology Services (ITS), not controlled by the Commonwealth Office of Technology and the legislative branch of state government, according to Marci Adams, the Assistant Director of Communications & Strategic Engagement for UK’s Information Technology Services.
The bill was introduced in the Senate on Jan. 3 and sent to the state and local government on Jan. 5. The following month the bill entered the process of being passed.
In both the original proposal and amended bill, it read that the bill is a step toward protecting the privacy, safety and security of the commonwealth and its people from external governments.
According to the Kentucky Lantern, bill sponsor Sen. Robby Mills said, “We need to protect the data that exists on our state devices.”
Since the bill’s proposal, it was amended from a ban on all government-issued de-
